Diffuse lamellar keratitis associated with tabletop autoclave biofilms: case series and review.

Purpose: To report a diffuse lamellar keratitis (DLK) cluster attributed to autoclave reservoir biofilm and to review the risk and prevention of DLK and toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) caused by such biofilms.

Setting: Refractive Surgery Center, University of California, Berkeley.

Design: Observational case-control study and review of literature.

Toxic anterior segment syndrome caused by autoclave reservoir wall biofilms and their residual toxins.

Purpose: To identify etiology of toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) after uneventful phacoemulsification.

Setting: EyeMD Laser and Surgery Center, Oakland, California.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography and OCT Angiography of Minocycline-Induced Retinal and Systemic Hyperpigmentation.

This is a report of an 80-year-old man with a history of rosacea and rhinophyma treated for 15 years with oral minocycline who developed significant minocycline-induced hyperpigmentation. He also had a history of Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy and had undergone penetrating keratoplasty in the right eye. Best-corrected visual acuity was 20/60 in both eyes.

Penetrating keratoplasty performed by residents.

Objective: To report the results of penetrating keratoplasty performed by residents.

Method: A retrospective medical record review of all patients undergoing penetrating keratoplasty performed by residents at our institution from April 1998 to April 2002.

Results: Forty penetrating keratoplasty procedures were performed by 8 residents.